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nice essay by Vijyendra, very interesting

whats this north south divide in India, ive never heard of it, is it mainly economic like the north south divide of the UK ?

I heard there are 800 dialects in India, but are they generally divided in north and south. Is it the same for muslims and non muslims ?

can you elaborate if not too much time or trouble brother ?

If its a long one, dont worry about it, only curious, dont want to waste your time entertaining my curiosity

Er Vijyendra has got it in a nutshell.
There is northern Urdu from Delhi and Lucknow (and of course there are many other centers) and then there is Dakhni or Deccan Urdu from and around Hyderabad - it goes further south ward. Both are are Urdu but the accent and structure is slightly different.

Now which one is authentic Urdu? Answer will depend upon the person you are asking.
Obviously a bias does not prove anything.

And then there was partition. After that there was active Urdu destruction drive in north - it is called Rajbhasha programme - to promote Hindi.

But the strange reality is that it was Dakhni that died - northern Urdu still survives. A decade ago yours truly was surprised to see that number of periodicals in India were largest in Urdu language. Today the situation has much changed but only numerically - Urdu remains a major Indian language. I suppose we do not have to thank the government that much in this regard.

And now I can legitimately turn to our southern friends - why did they not save Dakhni?
But the question will remain the rhetoric one - for I do not see the people who shall take the question.
And it is sad.

Please revive Dakhni.